If you?re trying to break into the industry, or an industry veteran, this latest GDC Radio podcast from Gamasutra on careers in the games industry will be relevant to you.
In this podcast, Gamasutra?s Tom Kim interviews veteran game industry recruiter Marc Mencher. Marc and his staff at GameRecruiter.com have 18 years of experience recruiting the technical, production, and executive talent who make up game industry companies. Marc draws on his 25 years of experience in the games industry to help place people, both newbies and veterans into the jobs that best suit them.
In this insightful interview Marc covers ways to get noticed and set yourself ahead of pack when making your first steps into the games industry, citing that large games companies like EA get an average of 1000 r?sum??s a day. He discusses the need to network, and tips on effective networking. Also, the benifits of attending specialised games schools vs following the self-taught path.
For those already in the industry, he stresses the importance of not resting on your laurels, and keeping your skills up to date and relevant to the constantly changing industry. Many people in the industry fall into the trap of not actively working to increase their knowledge and skills, and then wonder why they?re not advancing in position, job opportunities, or salary.
Finally he shares some insight into the new growing areas of MMO and Mobile development companies, with a staggering statistic that there have been 60 new MMO startups in the past year. As well as giving his views on this years Game Developer Magazine annual salary survey.
For those of you that haven?t heard of GDC Radio, I highly recommend adding them to your playlist, it makes the daily commute a little more interesting, and gives you something interesting to talk about at parties... well, LAN parties.